Paid work for musicians!
The Trinity Triangle Heritage Action Zone is a four-year, community-led, regeneration programme supported by Historic England to breathe new life into an historic part of Hastings town centre, the Trinity Triangle and America Ground. As part of the scheme, Project…
576 People Eat the Rainbow to Raise Money
During the Summer months Hastings Adventure Golf created a gelato ice cream to honour our NHS workers. It was a creamy vanilla-based gelato with skittles and coloured syrup throughout, aptly named, Eat the rainbow, their take on the Skittles advert…
Antisemitism: Local and national
On 21st October Hastings Borough Council adopted the working definition of antisemitism developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). The working definition comes with eleven examples that are intended to clarify its application, such as: “Accusing Jews as a…
Rat invasion?
I’ve already experienced the horrors of rats with two very large rats taking up residence in my house on two separate occasions. Both times it seems that a rat had wandered in through the back door and decided to stay.…
Mandatory dog walking for the UK? Hastings has it covered
According to a BBC report, a new law in Germany, called the Hundeverordnung, will require dog owners to walk their pets twice a day. The report says: “They won’t just be able to take their pooch for a quick stroll…
A horse called Arthur
During lockdown Suzanne Bunton was inspired by Captain Tom Moore’s fundraiser for the NHS and decided that she and her wonderful horse, Arthur, could cover 50 miles of laps around his fields in the month of September on foot ;…
Local artist paints one of Hastings’ Everyday Heroes
Taking place across Southbank Centre, Everyday Heroes is an outdoor exhibition that celebrates the contributions that key workers and frontline staff have made during the pandemic. As part of this exhibition, Alessandro Raho, who lives in St Leonards with his…
Go local for stress-free shopping?
The Covid lockdown has been good for some local shops. Not only were people avoiding crowded supermarkets and other chains, but they discovered that small shops could often supply things that larger ones struggled to stock. Things are slowly going…
Be more bee
Many companies emerging from lockdown have changed in some way: Bee Potion, formerly run by Katharine O’Brien as a sole trader, became a community interest company (CIC). This was to help integrate her two interests, working with children and working…
The Circus Comes to Town
If you’re fed up with staying at home and the limited opportunities to go out and be entertained, perhaps you should consider a trip to the circus. Coming to Glyne Gap Field, Bexhill Road on Tuesday 18th August, it is…